# If You Like "Wordle", Try "Connections" **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [August 19, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796 "2023-08-19T13:01:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 144
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2861 "2026-01-24T06:37:18Z")
It’s amazing I did as well as I did. After the red herring (ice cream containers?), I knew yellow. But the rest were stabs in the dark. Connections Puzzle #958 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2862 "2026-01-24T07:21:23Z")
Connections Puzzle #958 🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ One mistake (I personally feel like a CUP is way more essential boxer equipment than a motherfucking ROBE) but otherwise fine. I feel like they just did necklines very recently, though? ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2863 "2026-01-24T17:03:02Z")
Connections Puzzle #958 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wasted time with the red herring but got stuck. Figured out purple (not leftovers for a change) and the rest fell into place. Badly misjudged yellow. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2864 "2026-01-24T17:35:32Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I feel like they just did necklines very recently, though? Pretty sure there was a β€œtypes of tops” red herring that included β€˜crew’ and β€˜halter’ a week or two ago, but not an actual category. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2865 "2026-01-24T19:30:44Z")
**Sunday** and I failed again. I’ve had a very rough week. I plugged away at Green but never quite got the right combo. I always fail at food ones, and Purple this week is so vague as to be meaningless. Puzzle #959 🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2866 "2026-01-24T22:20:41Z")
Connections Puzzle #958 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I fell for the same red herring @Folly did. I took a flyer on BOAT as a neckline; it sounded like something I may have heard of once or twice, but I wouldn’t know one if I saw it. Figured out purple, but only after they were the only four left. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2867 "2026-01-25T06:50:00Z")
Connections Puzzle #959 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t get purple but it was a BS category. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2868 "2026-01-25T07:50:08Z")
Connections Puzzle #959 🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ One flub (I had ALT as one of the backup types) but otherwise OK Pretty subversive red herring with the S&M stuff, I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2869 "2026-01-25T16:22:46Z")
Connections Puzzle #959 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟨πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fat-fingered my purple leftovers (lame combo anyway). Overestimated yellow yet again. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2870 "2026-01-25T18:14:19Z")
I used up almost all of my tries "one away"ing yellow, since there were five words that could fit it. But I squeaked through. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2871 "2026-01-25T18:33:25Z")
Connections Puzzle #959 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I tried to put ALT into yellow instead of COVER. A few more seconds of thought would have avoided that. Oh well. I was quite pleased with myself figuring out that purple was all suffixes referring to political or geographical areas (emirATE, kingDOM, neighborHOOD, townSHIP). Then it revealed simply as β€œsuffixes,” which was quite lame. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2872 "2026-01-25T18:42:32Z")
Huh, I didn’t pay attention to the reveal on purple, since I got it last and as soon as I got it it brought up the congratulations screen. I assumed that it was what you were saying. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2873 "2026-01-25T19:25:08Z")
I had problems with this one. First, I couldn’t get β€œFILL IN the blank” out of my head, and I couldn’t think of any other uses for that entry. Second, I forgot that MENU and WINDOWS were actual keys. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2874 "2026-01-25T20:08:01Z")
It’s **Monday** , a public holiday in Australia, and I am pleased I got a clean sweep again. I am a bit mystified by one of the Greens, though. Puzzle #960 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2875 "2026-01-26T04:16:03Z")
Connections **MONDAY** Puzzle #960 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Very easy. @GuanoLad - was it BUFFALO? That’s an Americanism, but I knew it from the classic β€œ[Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo)” sentence. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2876 "2026-01-26T04:22:06Z")
Not sure that clarifies anything. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2877 "2026-01-26T04:30:02Z")
Did you follow the link? It includes dictionary references. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2878 "2026-01-26T05:56:06Z")
I really didn’t get today’s Connections Puzzle #960 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟨🟩🟦 🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟦🟩 🟩🟩🟦🟩 Weirdly, purple is the only one that i really saw. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2879 "2026-01-26T09:40:27Z")
Connections Puzzle #960 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Weird one. At first I had nothing then figured out purple and blue but could not figure out the last two. Went off on a tangent cheese and never actually got green. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2880 "2026-01-26T12:28:18Z")
Yeah, purple was definitely easiest (there were a couple of words that just made you go β€œwhuh?”, which had to be wordplay), with blue the next. Green and yellow were too thematically similar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=143) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=145)